Topics in Chronicling America - Jack the Ripper

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Important Dates:

• 1888: The Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper occurred during the latter half of the year.

Suggested Search Terms:

• [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as phrases using Search Pages in Chronicling America.] White Chapel District , Whitechapel District, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman (Anna Chapman), Elizabeth Stride (Hippy Lip Annie), Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly (Mary Kelly)

Sample Articles from Chronicling America:

• "British Bits," The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), 27 November 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 3.
• "Jack, the Ripper," Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, CA), 18 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 4.
• "Another murder of a woman in London is charged to the Whitechapel fiend, Jack the Ripper," Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Forth Worth, TX), 22 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 4.
• "Is it "Jack the Ripper" again? Another fallen woman found murdered in a suburb of London," New-York Tribune (New York, NY), 22 December 1888, page 1, image 1, col. 1.
• "Ripper's Rival," St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), 27 December 1888, page 4, image 4, col. 3.
• "Jack, the Ripper, throws the people of Brussels into a spasm of fear," St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), 28 December 1888, page 5, image 5, col. 3.
• "The Mania for Murder," The Sun (New York, NY), 5 January 1889, image 4, col. 2.
• "The 'Ripper" Myth," The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), 29 January 1889, page 8, image 8, col. 4.
• "Jack the Ripper," The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), 25 October 1890, page 1, image 1, col. 1.
• "Heredity of Crime," Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), 11 November 1890, page 5, image 5, col. 2.
• "It's Jack the Ripper," St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), 25 April 1891, page 1, image 1, cols. 7-8.
• "Jack the Ripper's Mark," The Sun (New York, NY), 25 April 1891, page 1, image 1, col. 7.
• "Jack the Ripper in America," The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE), 1 May 1891, image 6, col. 3.